First Dinosaurs from Saudi Arabia

Benjamin P. Kear; Thomas H. Rich; Patricia Vickers-Rich; Mohammed A. Ali; Yahya A. Al-Mufarreh; Adel H. Matari; Abdu M. Al-Massari; Abdulaziz H. Nasser; Yousry Attia; Mohammed A. Halawani

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084041

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First Dinosaurs from Saudi Arabia

Benjamin P. Kear ,

* E-mail: benjamin.kear@geo.uu.se

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Thomas H. Rich,

Affiliation Palaeontology Department, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Patricia Vickers-Rich,

Affiliation School of Geosciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Mohammed A. Ali,

Affiliation Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yahya A. Al-Mufarreh,

Affiliation Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Adel H. Matari,

Affiliation Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdu M. Al-Massari,

Affiliation Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz H. Nasser,

Affiliation Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yousry Attia †,

† Deceased.

Affiliation Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed A. Halawani

Affiliation Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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First Dinosaurs from Saudi Arabia

Benjamin P. Kear,
Thomas H. Rich,
Patricia Vickers-Rich,
Mohammed A. Ali,
Yahya A. Al-Mufarreh,
Adel H. Matari,
Abdu M. Al-Massari,
Abdulaziz H. Nasser,
Yousry Attia,
Mohammed A. Halawani

Published: December 26, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084041

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fossil tooth in Eastern Saudi

Posted by newtooth on 10 Apr 2015 at 05:12 GMT

I found what appears to be a fossilized tooth with a jade green colored core. Is there an email address I can send photos to for possible identification? Thank you.

No competing interests declared.

RE: fossil tooth in Eastern Saudi

benke618 replied to newtooth on 22 Apr 2015 at 13:14 GMT

Thank you for posting a comment about your discovery. Please feel free to email with your images - I will look forward to seeing them. My contact information is listed in the author section for this paper.

Ben Kear

No competing interests declared.

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